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Dan Mersh
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Actor. Also in the band Black-Hearted Susan, comedy group The Trap, panel show podcast Famous For 15 Quid and once played a doughnut.
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It’s 7am! Time to get up, shower, have breakfast, iron your shirt, put on your business suit, kiss your partner goodbye for the day and then go back to bed to listen to Iron Maiden Pub Quiz. Brand new episode out today!
January 19, 2026 at 7:05 AM
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Tomorrow…
January 18, 2026 at 10:39 AM
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January 1, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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Hope you enjoyed IMPQ this year. We loved having your company in 2025 and look forward to another new Maiden year. Which was your favourite episode? #ironmaiden #heavymetal #metal #music #podcasts
December 31, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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I keep seeing videos and posts saying “Listen to this, he’s definitely got dementia!” But that’s what he’s like. That’s what he’s always been like. The two are indistinguishable.
December 29, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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This really was a great conversation with the man who played on Phantom of the Opera, Prowler and Iron Maiden amongst others.

Lovely to hear that the age old South vs East London beef is alive and well in 2025 too.

#ironmaiden
impq.bsky.social Iron Maiden Pub Quiz @impq.bsky.social · 26d
SURPRISE! Merry Christmas, everyone! Our latest episode is out today and we are joined by the incredible DENNIS STRATTON!!! He’s such an interesting, hugely talented and nice guy. You’ll love listening to him. Get it wherever you get your podcasts. #ironmaiden
December 29, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Yesterday, we put out a podcast episode where @danmersh.bsky.social and I interviewed a real life Iron Maiden! Get @impq.bsky.social wherever you get your podcasts. It’s a really fun episode!
December 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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You boy, what day is this?

Why sir, it’s impq special Christmas release day.

Boy, take this money and bring me a four foot wooden cock, the finest in the land!
impq.bsky.social Iron Maiden Pub Quiz @impq.bsky.social · 26d
SURPRISE! Merry Christmas, everyone! Our latest episode is out today and we are joined by the incredible DENNIS STRATTON!!! He’s such an interesting, hugely talented and nice guy. You’ll love listening to him. Get it wherever you get your podcasts. #ironmaiden
December 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Goodbye, Monkey Cage - not as infinite as I imagined
December 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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SURPRISE! Merry Christmas, everyone! Our latest episode is out today and we are joined by the incredible DENNIS STRATTON!!! He’s such an interesting, hugely talented and nice guy. You’ll love listening to him. Get it wherever you get your podcasts. #ironmaiden
December 25, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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We just checked our list twice, turns out that you’re all nice. Well then, you deserve a present.
December 24, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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A genuinely foul experience. Happy Christmas!
jlimb.bsky.social Jeremy Limb @jlimb.bsky.social · 27d
What says Christmas more than a mid-70s UK low budget sex comedy? It IS set on Christmas Eve, after all, and the script references that fact at least twice.
Think of this one as Ford Prefect seeks Ford Escort. Or Porn Actually.

Merry Christmas!
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POTOm Commentary 21 - Escort Girls | The Trap
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December 24, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Christmas Eve. The perfect time for ghost stories…

TOND

A one-off story from the Broken Veil channel.

Patreon.com/brokenveil

(or wherever you get your podcasts.)
December 24, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Happy Christmas to @impq.bsky.social and to all the lovely listeners of @impq.bsky.social
December 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Brand new episode out today and it’s our last one of the year. Hope you enjoy it. We’ll be back in a couple of weeks.
December 22, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Last episode of the year recorded today!
December 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Currently listening to one of YOUR 8 track albums right now. (My name shouldn’t be on this. It’s should be YOURS!)
December 17, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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We have some great 8-track albums in from you so far. We’re recording on Friday, so if you haven’t sent yours in, do it now! It’ll be a big merry Maiden festive treat!
December 17, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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HOMEWORK!!
kirkie.bsky.social Dave @kirkie.bsky.social · Dec 16
Great challenge set by @andymch.bsky.social for listeners of @impq.bsky.social

Make an eight track album from the first seven Iron Maiden albums (thingy to seventh son) that must include at least one track from each album and work as an album.

Dont tell me them, email ironmmaidenpubquiz@gmail.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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Great challenge set by @andymch.bsky.social for listeners of @impq.bsky.social

Make an eight track album from the first seven Iron Maiden albums (thingy to seventh son) that must include at least one track from each album and work as an album.

Dont tell me them, email ironmmaidenpubquiz@gmail.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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Today!!
December 15, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Tomorrow…
December 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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It's a racially-aggravated assault on the senses! Come join us!
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December 14, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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I’m glad Robin has received so much support. He has been treated horribly by the BBC. Luckily, thoroughly decent people love him.
robinince.bsky.social Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · Dec 13
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
This is the saddest day of my professional life. Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys. I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show, A show that I named and helped develop over all those years. Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'. • I chose the latter. It broke my heart. I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make. I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence. One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career. I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more. I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost". James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice. Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences. I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness. Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire. I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal. I am so sorry to let you down. I hope that you can understand my reasoning. I have to accept that I am not what the current BBC expects of their freelance presenters. Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not "just a job" I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world. From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too. The strawberry is dead. Long live the strawberry. B
December 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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This is a fantastic episode. Even the song at the end is good enough to become a Christmas single (when remastered). Givit a listen
danmersh.bsky.social Dan Mersh @danmersh.bsky.social · Dec 10
Hey comedy fans! The Christmas special of my sketch comedy podcast The Ministry Of Glib is out today from all good podcast stockists. So please give it a listen and have a jolly old Christmas chuckle!
December 12, 2025 at 12:05 PM